“Black AI experts who spoke with theGrio say that while we should take the warnings from tech leaders seriously, the threats of AI are already here and have been especially a danger to Black communities.”
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“I don't believe that AI has to be artificially intelligent, like truly artificially intelligent for it to actually be dangerous, especially considering that it can leave its network and try to hide its steps.”
President Trump rejected new AI guardrails on Monday, two days after Anthropic's CEO called for slowing frontier AI and OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed.
In dispute
01The federal government should move now to write new AI safety regulations.
“We need government — and specifically our leaders in Washington — to get proactive in coming up with concrete proposals, laws and regulations that deal with serious safety concerns, anticipate AI’s impact on jobs and our kids, and make sure that AI’s benefits are widely spread”
Missing from most of the 95 sources we read todayFew camps asked what Congress could actually pass before it recesses for the midterms, and only theGrio centered the people already harmed by deployed AI systems.
Open the record2 questions in dispute · 9 of 10 sides covered · facts and sources▾
Where they partAll sides accept Amodei's slowdown essay and Trump's hoax post happened; they split on whether the safety warnings are genuine caution or a regulatory moat protecting incumbents.
Unexpected alignmentThe Marxist WSWS and the libertarian Reason both read the CEOs' call as a bid to lock in the incumbents, one calling it war-making and the other regulatory capture.
The facts8 points
01Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a roughly 3,800-word essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" on his personal website on Saturday, September 12, 2026, calling for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development (Dario Amodei)
02OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly voiced support for Amodei's slowdown proposal (Axios)
03Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic on September 8, 2026, writing on X that AI developers "are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives" (Axios)
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04On Monday, September 14, 2026, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the only AI guardrail needed is a "STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT" (Axios)
05In a separate Monday post, Trump called fears of AI "taking over the World, destroying Humanity" a "HOAX" (NBC News)
06Vice President JD Vance told reporters in Kansas that AI companies asking to be regulated "feels a bit strange," comparing it to "a bit of a Trojan horse" (CNN)
07Trump received a call from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang while Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, and Huang put Trump on speakerphone, with Trump saying "The whole thing is a hoax" (CNBC)
08Former President Barack Obama said Monday that AI leaders' push to slow development was a "good and necessary first step" and called for a "more open, public and democratic conversation about AI" (ANI/Tribune India)
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How outlets handled it9 source groups · original passages and links▾
Where each side stood today
Democratic SocialistCalls AI extinction warnings a distraction from already-existing harms under fascist billionaires4 sources
“Talk of existential risk is a highly convenient way to not address the already known harms produced by AI technologies overseen by fascist billionaires like Musk and Palantir CEO Alex Karp.”The Intercept · arguing CEOs' extinction warnings function to divert attention from AI's real current damage
“AI systems are used to generate — and justify — kill lists in a genocide, or generate revenge porn, or populate predictive-policing databases along racist lines.”The Intercept · listing concrete present-day AI harms the doom narrative allegedly obscures
was The Intercept's thesis, and its podcast with 404 Media pointed at Flock cameras, Palantir and ICE. The camp split on video: Hasan Piker told his audience "I don't think this is marketing." Truthout ran Trump's guardrail post straight and Kyle Kulinski mocked Speaker Johnson's call for an industry partnership.
“extraordinary danger for the human race”Bernie Sanders, Senator, quoted by The Atlantic · describing the stakes researchers cited when he convened a bipartisan AI safety briefing
The Atlantic wrote that Trump "seems to have his fingers in his ears, ignoring it all and continuing to embrace AI" while public opinion flipped.
“These systems are escaping containment. Swarms of rogue A.I.s are invading the Internet and taking over other Web sites. They're hacking into other companies' systems. That really happened.”Stephen Witt, investigative journalist and author, quoted by PBS NewsHour · rebutting the theory that CEOs' safety warnings are just a stunt to lock out smaller competitors
“I think you have a lot of negative voices that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up. And they're bringing up things that won't happen.”Donald Trump, President, quoted by PBS NewsHour · prioritizing winning the AI race with China over acting on the industry's extinction warnings
"President Trump is rejecting calls for greater oversight of artificial intelligence, despite the dire warnings of some of the most powerful voices in the industry," PBS said, then gave the floor to a journalist who has called for a global pause. Its political panel predicted Congress would pass nothing serious before the midterms.
“I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up,”Donald Trump, U.S. President, quoted by The Bulwark · dismissing calls to slow AI development as coming in bad faith
“These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.”Jacob Coxon, former Anthropic researcher, quoted by The Bulwark · warning in his resignation statement that AI firms are racing toward uncontrollable superintelligence
Bill Kristol wrote that "the Trump administration seems hostile to public debate and deliberation" and argued the greatest danger would be doing nothing.
LibertarianMocks Amodei's global regulation push as naive and self-serving hypocrisy2 sources
Reason MagazineSep 15
“attempt to coordinate with authoritarian governments, to the extent this is possible.”Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, quoted by Reason Magazine · his proposal that democracies and authoritarian regimes jointly police AI development, which the outlet calls unrealistic
“there is a realpolitik of global technological control that must be taken into account.”Adam Thierer, R Street Institute senior fellow, quoted by Reason Magazine · arguing international AI regulation coordination is impractical given geopolitics
Reason argued, treating Amodei's plan as a route to regulatory capture. The Free Press ran Palantir's Shyam Sankar, who wrote that the warnings "are infused with an ideology called effective altruism (EA)," alongside Tyler Cowen's skepticism.
“Then people hear the words ‘human extinction.’ When they hear loss of control. When they hear ‘catastrophic risk,’ I think (people) are waking up and they're saying, ‘Where the hell is Congress?’”Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., quoted by Fox News · describing constituent panic after the Anthropic whistleblower's extinction warning
“So I think we're going to introduce imperfect and pass imperfect legislation, see what it does, and then learn as we go.”Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., quoted by Fox News · admitting lawmakers don't know what AI legislation would even work
Fox's Capitol reporter wrote. Breitbart and Fox's news desk printed Trump's hoax and China posts nearly in full and quoted David Sacks telling the CEOs to slow down on their own.
“When something is very powerful, then of course it can be used well, and it can also be used for ill.”Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, quoted by CBN News · explaining why he thinks AI development is moving dangerously fast and needs guardrails
“But whoever wins with AI, wins.”President Trump, quoted by CBN News · rejecting calls to slow AI development, framing the stakes as a winner-take-all race with China
CBN reported. It gave Trump's China argument and Johnson's balance argument equal space, and a second CBN report listed AI among the "Black Swan" risks in a House intelligence review.
TheGrio's experts said "the threats of AI are already here and have been especially a danger to Black communities," citing facial recognition arrests and mortgage algorithms. It is the only outlet that framed the debate as a civil rights issue.
Tech“poorly-programmed cloud software running on the infrastructure of the largest companies in the world”6 sources
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed AtSep 15
“poorly-programmed cloud software running on the infrastructure of the largest companies in the world”Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · the outlet's own reframing of AI, rejecting the 'unstoppable entity' narrative used to justify slowdown warnings
“It will be smart enough to kill us.”Jacob Coxon, former Anthropic researcher, quoted by Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · the extinction-risk claim the outlet quotes specifically to mock as evidence-free sci-fi framing
Ed Zitron wrote that "Jacob does not really care about the actual harms of AI," listing chatbot-linked suicides and data center pollution Coxon never mentioned. Futurism attacked Trump from the opposite side, calling his posts blundering that could threaten humanity's future.
Noah Smith wrote, noting that plenty of researchers had resigned with similar warnings before. Matthew Yglesias laid out a plan to prevent a reckless sprint to recursive self-improvement, and Gary Marcus urged Trump to reach an AI deal with Xi.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let the Postal Service enforce Trump's mail-ballot rule for the midterms, saying the government is unlikely to win on the merits.
Where they partAll camps agree the Court blocked the mail-ballot rule and only Alito and Thomas dissented; they split on whether that's a stark defeat, a status-quo win, or inconsistent treatment of Trump.
Missing from all 95 sources we read todayNo camp reported how many ballots had already gone out under the old rules or what election offices spent preparing for the rule.
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Unexpected alignmentSomin at Reason and the NAACP's lawyers quoted by theGrio reached the same verdict, one on federalism grounds and the other on voting-rights grounds.
The facts8 points
01On Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned order denying the Trump administration's request to stay a lower-court injunction blocking a Postal Service rule on mail ballots for the 2026 midterms (CBS News).
02The order said the government "is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court's preliminary injunction" (CNBC).
03Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented; Alito wrote that some plaintiffs lacked standing while the rest were pursuing a claim the Court has called a "Hail Mary pass" that "rarely succeeds" (Election Law Blog).
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04Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred, writing there is "at least a fair prospect" the rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority but that applying it before the November elections "would be arbitrary and capricious" because officials lack sufficient time to implement it (CBS News).
05The rule would have required Postal Service pre-approval of ballot envelope designs and states to upload the identities of mail-ballot recipients into a still-inactive online portal (NBC News).
06U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction against the rule on Sept. 4, 2026, finding it threatened "disenfranchisement of millions of United States citizens who seek to vote by mail" (NBC News).
07U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, issued a second injunction against the rule on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in a case brought by the DNC (NBC News).
08As a result of the Sept. 14 order, mail voting in the 2026 election will largely proceed as in previous elections (CNN).
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“Now, we can finally move forward and get back to what we do best: conducting our elections without a dark cloud hanging over us — fairly, openly, for the people, by the people,”Shirley Weber, California Secretary of State, quoted by ABC News · casts the ruling as removing Trump-imposed uncertainty from state-run mail voting
“This is a victory for Oregonians, the right to vote, and the rule of law... it sends a clear message to this country: Presidents don’t run elections, the people do.”Tobias Read, Oregon Secretary of State, quoted by ABC News · frames the case as a fight over presidential power to control state election administration
ABC's AP copy said, filling the story with relieved election officials from both parties. USA Today called it "a major defeat for President Donald Trump," and MSNBC and NPR both noted that the administration offered no evidence of mail-voting fraud.
“has broad authority to regulate the mail”Justice Samuel Alito, dissenting, quoted by PBS NewsHour · argues the Postal Service likely could legally enforce Trump's mail-ballot restrictions
“a major victory for Colorado and American democracy. Mail ballots have been protected for Colorado voters.”Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State, quoted by PBS NewsHour · stakes framed as protecting an all-mail voting system from federal override
PBS called it "a stark defeat for Trump on an issue he consistently has emphasized as vital to ensuring election integrity even though there is virtually no evidence of fraud with mail ballots." It quoted secretaries of state from Washington and Colorado and noted Trump votes by mail himself. [232]
“Applying the rule in the 2026 elections would be arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the elections.”Justice Brett Kavanaugh, concurring, quoted by The Bulwark · signals he might back similar Trump rules in future elections despite rejecting this one now
“as far as the monkey business that Donald Trump is doing, He's not going to be able to do it.”The Bulwark (host) · outlet's own triumphant framing of Trump's loss on mail-ballot restrictions
Andrew Egger said "Trump was so far out over his skis" that no other outcome was likely, and the hosts read Kavanaugh's concurrence as a signal he could side with Trump in 2028.
Libertarian“The Trump administration claims there is a truly enormous elephant in a very tiny mousehole here.”2 sources
Reason MagazineSep 15
“The Trump administration claims there is a truly enormous elephant in a very tiny mousehole here.”Reason Magazine (Volokh Conspiracy) · argues USPS mail-collection authority cannot be stretched into power to rewrite state ballot rules
The Volokh Conspiracy split. Ilya Somin repeated that "Trump's order is a blatant assault on federalism and separation of powers" and welcomed the result.
MAGAReports SCOTUS blocking Trump's anti-fraud mail rule, giving space to Alito's fraud-detection dissent4 sources
One America News NetworkSep 15
“The Government has a strong interest in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also ‘enhance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail’ in order to better detect election fraud,”Justice Samuel Alito, dissenting, quoted by One America News Network · argues the blocked rule served a legitimate fraud-detection purpose the majority dismissed
OAN said the administration saw the rules as "vital steps to curb potential mail ballot fraud" and put opponents' objections in scare quotes. It quoted Alito's dissent at length and no voting-rights group.
“repeated attacks on his own citizens’ voting rights are straight out of an authoritarian ruler’s playbook”Derrick Johnson, NAACP President, quoted by TheGrio · frames Trump's mail-ballot order as part of a broader authoritarian pattern, not a routine policy dispute
“The Trump administration is trying to limit access to the ballot, sow confusion at the polls and to use the ensuing chaos as an excuse to exert power over agencies and processes in a politicized way,”Damon Hewitt, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, quoted by TheGrio · alleges the order's real aim was manufacturing chaos to justify federal power grabs over election administration
TheGrio led with the NAACP's Kristen Clarke and the Lawyers' Committee, framing the rule as a threat to voters who balance work, caregiving and disability. Roland Martin opened on "More losing by Donald Trump today" before the high court ruled.
“Today, Donald Trump lost another battle in his unconstitutional war to choose his own voters, and the American people are winners”Cisco Aguilar, Nevada secretary of state, quoted by WIRED · Democratic official casts the ruling as thwarting Trump's attempt to control election outcomes
“applying the rule in the 2026 elections would be arbitrary and capricious … because state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the elections”Justice Brett Kavanaugh, concurring opinion, quoted by WIRED · explains legal basis for blocking the rule despite acknowledging USPS may have underlying authority
WIRED wrote. It is the only outlet that brought back the Postal Service whistleblower who said the portal was hastily built.
TodaySupreme Court keeps Trump's mail-ballot rule blocked, with only Alito and Thomas dissenting
Sep 11The Supreme Court restores Missouri's 2022 map and an appeals court keeps Trump's mail-ballot rule blocked, on the same day
Sep 8The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court a third time to let the Postal Service police mail ballots, two days after a judge made her block permanent
The story turnsSep 8a judge made her block permanent
Chapter 6 · Sep 4 – Sep 7 · 4 days
Mail ballot rule blocked
40 articles · 7 of 10 sides
Sep 7The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court a third time to let the Postal Service police mail ballots, two days after a judge blocked the rule again
Sep 6Two courts block Trump's midterm rule changes in 24 hours, halting the Postal Service mail-ballot rule and the Missouri congressional map
Sep 5A federal judge blocks the Postal Service mail ballot rule for the midterms on the same day North Carolina mails its first ballots
Sep 4The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to let the Postal Service police mail ballots, hours before North Carolina mails its first ones
The story turnsAug 28A federal judge blocks the Postal Service's mail ballot rule for 14 days
Chapter 4 · Aug 25 – Aug 27 · 3 days
Mail ballots begin
43 articles · 9 of 10 sides
Aug 27A judge lifts her own nationwide block on Trump's mail-ballot rule while calling the order likely unconstitutional, and two dozen states sue the Postal Service the same day
Aug 26The Supreme Court lifts one block on Trump's mail voting order, 70 days before the midterms
Aug 25The Supreme Court lifts the block on Trump's mail ballot order 6-3, and North Carolina starts mailing ballots in 11 days
Yemen's Houthis took the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands on Monday while Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, its route around Hormuz, faces weeks of repairs.
In dispute
Iran should refuse new negotiations with the United States until Washington first meets Iran's conditions.
Supports
Mohsen Rezaeisecretary, Iran's Supreme National Security Council
“No talks until Iran’s conditions are met. Period!”
Their reason “should lift its sanctions, abandon unilateralism, not speak to us through force, and open the way so that we can live like the rest of the world.”
Unexpected alignmentAntiwar.com and The American Conservative, from libertarian and paleoconservative premises, both argued that U.S. restraint on paper has not kept Washington out of the widening war.
The facts11 points
01Houthi forces took control of the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands on September 14, 2026, about 100 miles (160 km) north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, after hundreds of government-allied forces withdrew from the archipelago (Euronews)
02The islands' capture followed the Houthis' seizure of the Red Sea port of Mokha and Perim (Mayun) island the preceding week (ABC News wire)
03Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, carrying an estimated 4-5 million barrels a day, was shut down after a drone attack on September 10-11, 2026 (Wikipedia)
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04Saudi Arabia blamed the attack on drones launched from Iran-aligned militia positions in Iraq's Maysan Governorate; Iraq's Prime Minister's Office confirmed on September 13 it had dismissed a military commander after an investigation traced the launch site to that province (Wikipedia)
05Regional officials briefed on the repairs said restoring the pipeline, including a major pumping facility, could take three to five weeks (Anchorage Daily News/AP)
06Oil prices broke above $100 a barrel for the first time in months, closing that week more than 8% higher (Wikipedia)
07AAA reported the U.S. national average diesel price surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time on September 11, 2026, reaching $6.06 (NPR)
08A meeting in Oman between Iran and Gulf states on the Strait of Hormuz, scheduled for September 14 in Salalah, was postponed; Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said it was postponed "in the interests of consensus" (Bloomberg)
09Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called President Trump twice urging U.S. strikes on the Houthis; Trump declined, though the U.S. is providing Saudi Arabia intelligence and targeting data, with roughly 200 U.S. military personnel in-country in a non-kinetic support role (Axios via Haaretz)
10IOM reported at least 46,000 people displaced since fighting resumed in southwest Yemen, a figure it said was "rising by the hour," with more than 80,000 displaced over two weeks of fighting (UN News)
11DISPUTED: the $6.23-a-gallon diesel figure cited in partisan coverage is not corroborated by AAA-sourced reporting, which put the national average diesel record at $6.06 a gallon on September 11, 2026 (NPR); on Yemen's displaced, UN News/IOM cited "more than 80,000" as of mid-September, while other outlets' 82,000-86,000 figures could not be independently verified against a single authoritative IOM or OCHA release (UN News)sources conflict
“the average price of gas in the U.S. now stands at $4.32 per gallon, while the price of diesel hit another record high of $6.23 per gallon”Truthout, citing AAA data · quantifies the consumer cost of the pipeline outage and broader energy squeeze
Truthout described the pipeline damage as the latest cost of "an illegal war against Iran" and tied it directly to diesel at the pump. A second Truthout segment gave the floor to a Yemeni American scholar who said the Houthis target only Saudi shipping.
MSNBC's AP copy led with oil logistics and closed on civilians, reporting that "The fighting is pushing the impoverished nation back into full-fledged civil war." It detailed Houthi positions 20 miles from the U.S. base in Djibouti.
“We have had discussions. The Houthis called us, and they don't want to fight with us.”Donald Trump, US President, quoted by PBS NewsHour · signals Trump is resisting Saudi requests for American airstrikes against the Houthis
“What happened is a deeply painful event for us, and it stems from reasons that will be thoroughly discussed.”Sultan Al-Aradah, Yemeni Leadership Council, quoted by PBS NewsHour · acknowledges the humiliation of Saudi-backed forces withdrawing without a fight
PBS reported. It played Trump saying the Houthis called Washington, then interviewed a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
this current bind is the Saudis’ “worst-case scenario.”Michael Ratney, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, quoted by Washington Examiner · assessing how exposed Riyadh now is with its coalition faltering and Washington declining direct strikes
The Examiner judged the Saudi military harshly, writing that "the fiasco last week showed that much work remains to be done" after years of reform. It is the only outlet that reported the Saudi crown prince met CENTCOM's commander in Jeddah.
the “blood had not yet dried” from the September 7 strike on a prison in al-Jawf, Yemen, which killed at least 23 civiliansDr. Omar Al-Bukheiti, spokesman for the Ansar Allah-led Yemeni government, quoted by Antiwar.com · linking the new Saudi airstrikes to a prior US-bomb strike that killed civilians, underscoring the human cost
“This brutal aggression will not go unanswered and unpunished, God willing”Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, Houthi/Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman, quoted by Antiwar.com · vowing retaliation for Saudi airstrikes, signaling the conflict will keep escalating
Antiwar.com said Washington "is deeply involved in the war" despite declining airstrikes, citing about 200 U.S. personnel and U.S.-made bombs.
“We’ve also been engaged in direct conversations with the Houthis themselves.”JD Vance, US Vice President, quoted by Breitbart News · revealing direct US-Houthi contacts despite Washington refusing Saudi requests for strikes
Breitbart built its report around Tehran's threats while noting "the Iran-backed Houthis have rapidly expanded their position around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait." It gave space to the U.S. claim that Hormuz is under Navy control.
this current bind is the Saudis’ “worst-case scenario.”Michael Ratney, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, quoted by Washington Examiner · assessing how exposed Riyadh now is with its coalition faltering and Washington declining direct strikes
Al Jazeera's live page led on the 54 Saudi air strikes the Houthis reported, alongside the Yemeni government's charge that the Houthis are killing civilians. [520]
“They can’t even go out to the market to get food and drinking water. They are being blocked and shot at, so they are trapped inside their homes,”Aisha Muhammad, elderly woman in government-held territory near Taiz, quoted by The Algemeiner · illustrates civilian toll as Houthis sweep through Yemeni cities amid the renewed offensive
The Algemeiner's Reuters copy framed the attacks as "underscoring fears that the Middle East conflict could spread further" and called the Houthis an internationally designated terrorist group. It quoted a displaced Yemeni woman trapped away from her children.
TodayHouthis seize two more Red Sea islands as Saudi pipeline stays down for weeks
Sep 13Houthis seize Mokha and Mayun Island as Saudi Arabia shuts its East-West pipeline
Sep 12Houthi forces seize Yemen's entire Red Sea coast and an island inside the Bab el-Mandeb, and Saudi Arabia shuts the pipeline it built to bypass Hormuz
Robert Kraft says he barred Macklemore, and the rapper is off Sheeran's tour
Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran's U.S. stadium tour after venues said they would not host him following his "Free Palestine" remarks, and Robert Kraft confirmed Gillette Stadium's refusal.
Rapper Macklemore performs during the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games, in Duesseldorf, Germany, September 9, 2023.Photo: BBC News
Venues told Sheeran's promoter they would not host the tour with Macklemore on it, and Kraft confirmed Gillette's decision [226][600][367].
The split The Daily Wire said Macklemore was "blaming a Jewish man" [427], Kyle Kulinski called his removal "an assault on free speech" [66], and the Forward counted the ADL in the "anti-Macklemore movement" [600].
One word, two meaningsKraft calls Macklemore's Gaza remarks and keffiyeh antisemitic hate speech justifying removal, while Kulinski and CAIR call the same conduct protected political speech under assault.
Missing from all 95 sources we read todayNo camp asked Sheeran for comment beyond noting he had not given one, or examined whether publicly funded stadiums face different speech obligations than private ones.
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The facts8 points
01Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Sept. 4, wore a keffiyeh, said "Free Palestine," and performed his 2024 song "Hind's Hall" with Gaza war footage displayed. (Variety)
02Messina Touring Group, promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran's tour, told Rolling Stone that venue owners on upcoming U.S. dates said they would not allow a concert with Macklemore on the lineup. (Rolling Stone)
03New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft confirmed he barred Macklemore from Gillette Stadium, where Sheeran is scheduled to play Sept. 25 and 26. (Variety)
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04Kraft said Macklemore's stage conduct and what Kraft called a "broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery" amounted to hate speech that Kraft's venue would not provide a platform for. (Variety)
05Kraft said he has "created athletic and entrepreneurial opportunities for Palestinians" and said he would welcome a chance to sit down with Macklemore. (Variety)
06Macklemore said Ed Sheeran told him Kraft had rallied other stadium owners behind an ultimatum that Sheeran could not play their venues if Macklemore remained on the tour. (NBC News)
07Advocacy groups including Stop Antisemitism, the Israeli-American Council and the Anti-Defamation League publicly called for Macklemore's removal from the tour following the Sept. 4 performance. (Rolling Stone)
08Macklemore said Sheeran told him that saying "Free Palestine" was "hurtful to a lot of people." (Variety)
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“billionaires who care about free speech as much as they care about slaughtered Palestinian children.”Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR national deputy director, quoted by Truthout · accusing Kraft and stadium owners of hypocritical censorship over Macklemore's Gaza comments
Truthout wrote that "The statement drew outrage from pro-Israel groups" and quoted CAIR calling it bullying by billionaires. Kyle Kulinski called the removal "an assault on free speech" and urged fans to cancel tickets.
“This was an Ed Sheeran concert - not a political rally, not a protest, and not an activist event,”Israeli-American Council, in a petition, quoted by BBC News · arguing Macklemore's political speech was out of place at a concert and pushing for his removal
When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.Macklemore, quoted by BBC News · rejecting claims that his Gaza comments were antisemitic
the BBC reported, giving Kraft, Pink, the Israeli-American Council and the rapper each their own paragraphs. It added Israel's rejection of genocide allegations and the Gaza death toll.
“This decision is not about diminishing the suffering of innocent Palestinians or denying anyone the right to advocate on their behalf,”Robert Kraft, Gillette Stadium owner, quoted by The Daily Wire · defending the ban as targeting antisemitic rhetoric, not Palestinian advocacy
The Daily Wire said the rapper "responded by blaming a Jewish man" and cast him as a self-styled martyr. Breitbart led with Kraft's "division and hate" charge, and Benny Johnson called it consequence culture, not cancel culture.
advocacy for them “should not come at the expense of the Jewish community or obscure the responsibility of Hamas.”Robert Kraft, Patriots and Gillette Stadium owner, quoted by The Forward · his stated justification for banning Macklemore, tying pro-Palestinian advocacy to antisemitism concerns
“You don’t get to decide that for us.”Pink, singer, quoted by The Forward · rejecting Macklemore's claim that his Gaza message wasn't targeting Jewish fans
the Forward noted, and recalled his 2014 costume that critics called antisemitic. A second Forward piece set the episode among Jewish artists facing a culture war over Israel.
“I am anti-genocide, I am anti the actions of the Israeli government, I am anti an extermination of an entire people, I am anti the bombing of innocent children, men, women”Kehlani, singer, quoted by TheGrio · distinguishing anti-genocide advocacy from antisemitism while backing Macklemore
TheGrio reported that "Pro-Israel groups have petitioned for Macklemore to be removed" and tied his case to Kehlani's canceled shows over her Gaza stance. [615]
Watchdog finds 79 immigrants were locked in small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz
A Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found the now-closed Florida camp confined 79 detainees in small metal enclosures between July 2025 and January 2026.
A metal cage sits within a larger cage that has razor wire across the top. The small cage has a door with a combination lockPhoto: BBC News
Federal inspectors documented 79 detainees placed in small metal enclosures at a camp Florida ran and Washington funded [221][325][14].
The split The far left called them "torture" cages from the US imperial playbook [14]; the wire reported investigators found the practice "unprecedented among detention facilities" [221]; Reason saw a setup that let both governments "deny responsibility" [325].
Where they partEvery camp accepts detainees were held in 16-to-18-square-foot metal cages for up to two hours; they split on whether that's torture, a scandal, or a state-federal accountability gap.
Missing from all 95 sources we read todayNo camp reported what happened to the 1,467 people detained on the inspection day after the transfers.
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Unexpected alignmentThe Washington Examiner and Reason, from institutional and libertarian starting points, both treated the missing chain of responsibility between Florida and DHS as the central failure.
The facts7 points
01The DHS Office of Inspector General found 79 detainees were confined in outdoor metal enclosures, called "calming areas," between July 17, 2025, and January 18, 2026 (NBC News)
02DHS's Office of Inspector General conducted an unannounced inspection in January at the state-run tent facility in Ochopee, Florida (Local10/AP)
03The average time detainees spent in an enclosure was just under one hour, with the longest stay about two hours (NBC News)
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04The inspector general's report said the practice is "unlike any OIG team has observed in ICE facilities" and does not align with standards for humane treatment (NBC News)
05Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the facility's closure on June 25, 2026, less than a year after it opened in July 2025 (PBS News)
06DeSantis said the facility was intended as a temporary "emergency solution" while DHS secured funding for other facilities (PBS News)
07DISPUTED: NBC News reports the enclosures measured 16 to 18 square feet ("phone booth" size) (NBC News); other partisan outlets cite differing dimensions (4'3"x4'3" vs. 4'x7').sources conflict
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Far Left“The cages evoke methods of confinement and torture employed by US imperialism over decades”1 source
The cages evoke methods of confinement and torture employed by US imperialism over decades: the body-sized boxes used by the Central Intelligence Agency at its secret prisons, the open-air cages, isolation cells and stress-position torture at Guantánamo Bay and the infamous “tiger cages” used against political prisoners at Côn Sơn by the US-backed South Vietnamese dictatorship.World Socialist Web Site (outlet) · outlet's own framing links the cages to a lineage of US-run torture sites
“Failed to comply with a lawful command.”facility record cited by ICE officials, quoted by World Socialist Web Site · cited justification for locking a detainee in a cage for 26 minutes, contradicted by Amnesty testimony
the WSWS wrote, naming CIA black sites, Guantánamo and Vietnam's tiger cages. It called the facility a concentration camp and walked through every hygiene violation.
“The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,”DHS Office of Inspector General report, quoted by BBC News · watchdog's own conclusion that the cage practice endangered detainees
“how to run away”Donald Trump, quoted by BBC News · joked detainees would need to flee alligators, cited as part of the facility's inhumane reputation
The BBC reported the cage use was "unprecedented among detention facilities" and noted the inspector general was appointed by Trump. It recalled Trump's joke about detainees running from alligators.
“While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could.”Alex Lanfranconi, DeSantis communications director, quoted by Washington Examiner · defending the cages as fitting punishment for violent detainees despite the OIG findings
“The absence of well-defined standards at detention facilities increases the risk that detainees may not receive appropriate care.”DHS Office of Inspector General report, quoted by Washington Examiner · flagging that unclear state/federal jurisdiction left detainee treatment standards ambiguous
The Examiner linked the closure to the audit, reporting the camp "shut down earlier this summer shortly after a team of federal auditors found the facility failed to meet a number of detention standards." It emphasized that "there was no clearly defined party in charge" and printed DeSantis's office saying it would make the enclosure…
LibertarianDetails cage confinement and state-federal buck-passing that enabled abuses1 source
Reason MagazineSep 15
“Confining individuals in small metal enclosures for any reason presents significant risks to detainee health and well-being.”DHS Office of Inspector General report, quoted by Reason Magazine · warning that the unprecedented cage practice endangered detainees regardless of justification
Reason focused on accountability, writing that the murky state-federal setup has "allowed both parties to deny responsibility when it suits them." It noted that environmental groups say the report undercuts the claim the camp was state-run. [325]
EPA scraps power plant carbon limits and moves to bar future rules
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday repealed greenhouse gas limits for coal and gas power plants and proposed blocking future administrations from regulating that pollution.
The EPA repealed power plant carbon limits and proposed a rule to keep future administrations from restoring them [222][94][674].
The split OAN said the move will make "electricity bills much cheaper" [400], the BBC relayed warnings of "a huge cost to Americans' health and the planet" [222], and The Verge said it "will only make electricity dirtier" [674].
Where they partAll sides accept EPA repealed the carbon limits and projects $310 billion in savings; they split on whether that means cheaper electricity or dirtier power and thousands of preventable deaths.
Missing from most of the 95 sources we read todayOnly The Verge connected the rollback to the AI power build-out dominating the same news day, and no camp reported which specific plants or utilities stand to keep running.
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01EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin signed the final rule on September 14, 2026, repealing most of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants. (EPA news release)
02EPA simultaneously proposed rescinding the greenhouse gas endangerment findings specific to power plants and repealing all remaining Clean Air Act Section 111 greenhouse gas regulations for the sector. (EPA news release)
03EPA projects the finalized repeal will save $310 billion, with an additional $370 million in savings projected if the further proposed repeal is finalized. (EPA news release)
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04The action was announced at the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial in Houston, Texas, alongside Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and National Energy Dominance Council Executive Director Jarrod Agen. (EPA news release)
05The repealed 2024 rule had required coal and gas plants to install carbon capture and sequestration equipment or reduce output. (NBC News)
06EPA's proposal argues power plant greenhouse gas emissions do not significantly contribute to dangerous pollution under Clean Air Act Section 111, building on its June 11, 2025 proposed repeal. (Harvard EELP tracker)
07The move follows EPA's February 12, 2026 final rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding covering greenhouse gases. (Harvard EELP tracker)
08Electric power generation is one of the largest sources of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with roughly 60% of U.S. electricity still generated by burning fossil fuels as of the most recent EPA data. (EPA sources of GHG emissions)
09The rule is expected to face legal challenges from environmental groups. (Axios)
ContextThe repeal follows EPA's February 12, 2026 rescission of the Endangerment Finding, the 2009 scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health, which laid the legal groundwork for stripping power-plant climate rules. (EELP tracker)
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LiberalFrames repeal as dismantling health protections despite industry's cost-savings claims1 source
“Tearing down our national protections against climate pollution from power plants will have enormous costs for the health, safety and well-being of families across the country”Vickie Patton, general counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund, quoted by CBS News · warns the rollback trades public health protections for industry cost savings
“war on so much of our U.S. domestic energy supply”Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator, quoted by CBS News · his justification for repealing Biden-era emissions rules as economic sabotage
CBS's AP copy said the repeal "represents a fundamental shift from efforts by Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama to address climate change." It carried the AP estimate that the rules could prevent 30,000 deaths a year and set Trump's energy-abundance boasts against $4.31 gas. [94]
“The reality is that America produces energy better and cleaner than anywhere else in the world, and our power plants should not be unfairly targeted”Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator, quoted by BBC News · his core justification for scrapping the emissions limits
“In repealing carbon pollution standards for power plants, EPA has ignored sound science and economics and abdicated its responsibility to protect public health and welfare”Nathaniel Keohane, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, quoted by BBC News · argues the repeal abandons EPA's legal duty to protect public health
The BBC noted "environmental groups warned it would come at a huge cost to Americans' health and the planet" and added research doubting that coal will return. PBS interviewed the Environmental Defense Fund's general counsel and pressed her on whether the move binds future administrations.
MAGACelebrates rule as slashing industry costs and electricity bills for families1 source
One America News NetworkSep 15
“American families and businesses experience lower electricity costs, thanks to an increased power supply.”Aaron Szabo, EPA Assistant Administrator, quoted by One America News Network · administration's case that ending emissions limits directly cuts consumer costs
OAN wrote that "supporters have also highlighted that the move will make electricity bills much cheaper and create more jobs for Americans." It called opponents' science objections a routine legal tactic. [400]
Al Jazeera described a move "that undoes decades of protections meant to curb gasses scientists say are responsible for global warming." It quoted Sen. Patty Murray and the Center for Biological Diversity.
A Putin-tied oligarch paid for Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding celebrations, ProPublica reports
ProPublica reported that Russian businessman Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding weekend, and Bettina Trump confirmed it as a gift.
Bettina Trump confirmed that Kremlev paid for two nights of wedding celebrations as a gift [239].
The split The center-right Bulwark called the donor "A Putin bestie" [276]; Brian Tyler Cohen called the groom "an incredibly cheap bastard" [214]; PBS aired ProPublica's Justin Elliott calling it "not a situation that any of us had ever heard of" [239].
Where they partAll camps accept Kremlev paid for Trump Jr.'s wedding and Bettina called it a gift; they split on whether it's a counterintelligence risk or merely an awkward, cheap embarrassment.
Missing from all 95 sources we read todayNo outlet on the right covered the story, and no camp asked Kushner, who negotiates with Moscow, about attending an event Kremlev paid for.
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01ProPublica reported Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association (IBA) and described as close to Vladimir Putin, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for Donald Trump Jr.'s May 2026 wedding weekend in the Bahamas (ProPublica).
02The payments were routed through IB Challenger, a Dubai-based firm Kremlev uses to run IBA operations, moved there from Switzerland after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine (ProPublica).
03Expenses included about $100,000 to rent a private island and about $70,000 for a fireworks display (ProPublica).
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04Trump Jr. married Bettina Anderson in a three-day celebration across two private islands in the Bahamas (Washington Post).
05Bettina Trump said on Instagram the celebrations were an "extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend" (ProPublica).
06The IBA told ProPublica it incurred no wedding expenses itself and declined to comment on IB Challenger's payments (ProPublica).
07Kremlev had traveled with Putin on a delegation to China in the days before the wedding (Axios).
08Kremlev is under Ukrainian government sanctions that describe him as a close associate of Putin's security service (war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua).
09Under Kremlev's leadership, the IBA moved its operations to Russia, suspended Ukraine from competition, and made Russian state-owned Gazprom its sole sponsor; the IOC withdrew IBA's Olympic recognition on June 22, 2023 (IOC; PBS).
10President Trump did not attend the wedding; Jared Kushner did (NBC News).
ContextThe man who financed the wedding leads the International Boxing Association, whose Olympic recognition the IOC withdrew on June 22, 2023 over governance and financial-transparency concerns under his presidency (IOC).
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LiberalComedic segment mocks Trump Jr. for accepting Putin-linked oligarch's lavish, unexplained wedding gift2 sources
Brian Tyler CohenSep 15
“So, the eldest son of the president of the United States had his private island wedding paid for by an oligarch with close ties to one of our nation's top adversaries.”Brian Tyler Cohen · outlet's own summary framing the payment as a national-security embarrassment, not just a gift
“Our dear friend Umar generous, very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations for us after our wedding.”Bettina Trump (Donald Trump Jr.'s wife), via Instagram, quoted by Brian Tyler Cohen · the couple's defense of accepting hundreds of thousands in gifts from the Putin-tied oligarch, which the host mocks as implausible
Brian Tyler Cohen played the story for laughs and then turned to Trump Jr.'s defense-contractor investments, saying "Don Jr. is an incredibly cheap bastard." MeidasTouch aired Rep.
“if somebody pays for your wedding, at some point, you're going to owe them something”unnamed former FBI counterintelligence official, quoted by ProPublica's Justin Elliott, quoted by PBS NewsHour · warns the oligarch's payment creates an implicit debt or leverage over Trump Jr.
“it would have been a sort of five-alarm situation, where they would have been warning the family member of the president”former FBI counterintelligence officials, quoted by ProPublica's Justin Elliott, quoted by PBS NewsHour · says officials would have treated a Putin-linked figure funding a president's family wedding as a serious security concern
PBS let ProPublica's reporter make the case, including that "It's just not a situation that any of us had ever heard of a kind of new friend paying for your wedding." Its politics panel said voters need to see "the link between corruption and the cost to you" before scandals move them. [239][241]
“A Putin bestie who's involved with the kidnapping of Ukrainian children bankrolled Don Jr.'s island wedding for some mysterious reason.”The Bulwark · frames the oligarch's payment as part of a pattern of unexplained Trump family ties to Russia
the Bulwark wrote. It brought on former intelligence officers to weigh counterintelligence risk, and its video mocked how cheap Trump Jr.
After a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial, jurors' interviews and reports on the lone Black holdout juror are shaping the fight over a retrial.
Where they partAll camps accept the jury deadlocked 11-1 with a lone Black holdout, causing a mistrial; they split on whether doxxing him was a crime or whether the verdict reflected a social message.
Missing from all 95 sources we read todayNo camp on this story reported what prosecutors intend to argue at the Sept. 29 hearing.
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Unexpected alignmentThe Daily Wire and The Free Press, from populist and libertarian positions, both defended a person the online crowd targeted, the juror in one case and the children's father in the other.
The facts8 points
01Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4, 2026, after the jury deadlocked and could not reach a unanimous verdict (CNN)
02The jury was split 11-1 in favor of acquittal at the time of the mistrial (CNN)
03Juror Paula Devlin, part of the 11-person majority, said the lone holdout juror was a Black man and the only person of color on the panel (CBS News)
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04The jury consisted of three men and nine women (NBC News)
05Judge Sullivan set Sept. 29, 2026, as the date for a status conference to determine next steps in the case (CNN)
06Sullivan told the parties he would like to retry the case later in the fall, though prosecutors will decide whether to seek a retrial (CNN)
07Clancy remains held without bail on murder charges and returned to Tewksbury Hospital, Massachusetts, pending further proceedings (CNN)
08Court documents and family interviews reported by NBC Boston describe a history of domestic-violence allegations, a pending eviction case, and an active restraining order involving the holdout juror (NBC Boston)
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Where each side stood today
Center-RightCriticizes a majority juror's media tour, calls it self-discrediting3 sources
National Review's host said "A jury is not for sending a social message or making any point about social matters," after playing juror Paula Devlin's interview. [304]
Amanda Knox wrote that the internet decided "Patrick Clancy was coping too well," drawing on her own prosecution. A second Free Press piece opened "Our public square has become a defamation orgy" and weighed Patrick Clancy's libel options.
“This should be a 20-year prison sentence for everyone who has played a role in doxxing this juror and harassing him because of his participation in this trial.”The Daily Wire (outlet) · demands criminal prosecution for those who exposed the holdout juror's identity
“Leftists have accidentally sided with 11 white bullies against a black man who stood up to them.”The Daily Wire (outlet) · frames the juror's race as undercutting the media and defense's harassment campaign
the Daily Wire wrote, calling for prison terms under Massachusetts' juror-retaliation law. The Federalist argued "Social change is not part of the charge the judge gives a jury" and blamed soft-on-crime politics for the other jurors.
The Christian Post led on Trump calling it a "state situation" and noted "The Clancy case has emerged as a source of division in the U.S." It quoted Abby Johnson calling sympathy for Clancy misguided compassion. [483]
IdentityCasts NBC's report on the juror's past as a smear, spotlights DeSantis and fundraiser defending him.3 sources
Atlanta Black StarSep 15
Atlanta Black Star reported on a fundraiser for "the lone Black juror whose holdout vote forced a mistrial" alongside the domestic violence allegations surfaced against him. It is the only outlet that printed both the fundraiser and the allegations in one story.
The story turnsSep 8Massachusetts must decide whether to try her again
Chapter 2 · Sep 3 – Sep 6 · 4 days
The hung jury
77 articles · 7 of 10 sides
Sep 6A single juror holds out, the state's highest court refuses to remove him, and the Lindsay Clancy trial ends in a mistrial after seven days of deliberation
Sep 5A judge declares a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case after her lawyer spends the final hour appealing to the state's highest court to remove one juror
Sep 4The Clancy jury's foreperson tells the judge one juror will not follow the reasonable-doubt instruction, and the judge refuses to remove them
Sep 3A second deadlock in the Lindsay Clancy trial, and a woman is charged with filming the jurors outside the courthouse
Aug 24Lindsay Clancy's own note, "medication stole me from my own body," lands in a Massachusetts courtroom and becomes a MAHA argument about antidepressants
Aug 23A Massachusetts jury will decide whether postpartum psychosis excuses Lindsay Clancy, who strangled her three children, as hundreds of women rally outside the courthouse in pink
Aug 21A hospital chaplain testifies that Lindsay Clancy described a persistent male voice, and hundreds of women in pink hold a vigil outside the courthouse
Photo: PBS NewsHourCoal and gas power plant operators gain from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's September 14, 2026 repeal of most 2024 Biden-era greenhouse gas standards for fossil-fuel power plants, which the agency's own announcement projects will save industry more than $300 billion (specifically $310 billion), an EPA estimate rather than realized savings (EPA). The power sector produces about a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, so the public and future administrations pay in foregone emissions controls; an AP analysis carried by NPR put avoided health costs from the broader set of EPA rollbacks, not this rule alone, at 30,000 deaths and $275 billion a year, a figure that should not be read as specific to this repeal [94][250]. The instrument is a final partial repeal paired with a proposed rule that would bar future administrations from regulating power-plant greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act Section 111, announced by Zeldin at the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial in Houston (EPA). The National Mining Association, whose coal-producing members gain directly, spent $2.38 million on federal lobbying in 2024 and its CEO publicly praised the repeal the day it was finalized, tying the winning industry's recorded influence spending to the decision (OpenSecrets).›
BBernie SandersSenatorin The AtlanticSupreme Court keeps Trump's mail-ballot rule blocked, with only Alito and Thomas dissenting
“The Government has a strong interest in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also ‘enhance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail’ in order to better detect election fraud,”
“this current bind is the Saudis’ “worst-case scenario.””
MMichael Ratneyformer US ambassador to Saudi Arabiain Washington ExaminerRobert Kraft says he barred Macklemore, and the rapper is off Sheeran's tour
“When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.”
MMacklemorein BBC NewsWatchdog finds 79 immigrants were locked in small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz
“While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could.”
AAlex LanfranconiDeSantis communications directorin Washington ExaminerEPA scraps power plant carbon limits and moves to bar future rules
“In repealing carbon pollution standards for power plants, EPA has ignored sound science and economics and abdicated its responsibility to protect public health and welfare”
NNathaniel Keohanepresident of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutionsin BBC NewsTrump calls AI danger a hoax days after three AI chiefs urge slowdown
“These systems are escaping containment. Swarms of rogue A.I.s are invading the Internet and taking over other Web sites. They're hacking into other companies' systems. That really happened.”
SStephen Wittinvestigative journalist and authorin PBS NewsHourSupreme Court keeps Trump's mail-ballot rule blocked, with only Alito and Thomas dissenting
“a major victory for Colorado and American democracy. Mail ballots have been protected for Colorado voters.”
JJena GriswoldColorado Secretary of Statein PBS NewsHourHouthis seize two more Red Sea islands as Saudi pipeline stays down for weeks
“They can’t even go out to the market to get food and drinking water. They are being blocked and shot at, so they are trapped inside their homes,”
AAisha Muhammadelderly woman in government-held territory near Taizin The Algemeiner
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